Parent Reading Tips # 3

We all enjoy doing things that are easy, fun, and give us confidence.  In Reading Recovery, we strive to make new learning easy for the child.  It's important to begin with what the young reader CAN DO.  Then build new learning from what the child already knows.  Each time I present something new to my readers, I try to link it to something that the child already knows.  This makes for an easier connection in their brain. This strategy of making it easy to learn helps the child's level of confidence to grow rapidly which I feel is half the battle in reading.    

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